Colorado Springs hail storm history
El Paso County·NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database·~75-day publication lag
Colorado Springs and El Paso County sit on the Colorado Front Range, a geographic corridor where afternoon convective storms tracking northeast from the Rocky Mountains create persistent hail risk. This elevation and terrain interaction makes the area one of Colorado's most active hail zones, with documented events ranging from small pellets to severe, property-damaging stones.
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Hail risk in Colorado Springs peaks from May through July, when afternoon and early-evening thunderstorms are most likely to develop along the Front Range. Secondary risk occurs in April and August. Most significant events occur between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Mountain Time, when solar heating is strongest and atmospheric instability is greatest.
Annual frequency — last 10 years
When hail hits — monthly pattern
Avg events per month · all years · NOAA data
All recorded hail events
Of 485 recorded events, 144 (30%) reached 1.5" or larger — the threshold for likely functional damage on standard asphalt shingles.
Hail measured to 1 inches fell in central El Paso County.
Report from mPING. Hail measured to 1 inch occurred in El Paso County.
Hail up to 1 inches in diameter fell in El Paso County from a severe thunderstorm.
Hail up to 1 inches in diameter fell in El Paso County from a severe thunderstorm.
Hail up to 1.75 inches in diameter fell in El Paso County from severe thunderstorms.
Hail up to 1 inches in diameter fell in El Paso County from severe thunderstorms.
Hail up to 1 inches in diameter fell in El Paso County from severe thunderstorms.
Hail up to 1 inches in diameter fell in El Paso County from severe thunderstorms.
Hail up to 1 inch in diameter fell in El Paso County from a severe thunderstorm.
Hail up to 1.5 inches in diameter fell across central El Paso County from a supercell thunderstorm.
Hail up to 1.5 inches in diameter fell across the Palmer Divide from a severe thunderstorm.
Hail up to 1.25 inches in diameter fell across the Palmer Divide from a supercell thunderstorm.
There was one inch hail measured at the location.
A trained spotter reported hail of 1 inch in diameter.
A public report via mPING reported hail of 1 inch in diameter.
Member from other Federal Agency reported hail of 1.5 inches in diameter.
Report From Mping.
A trained spotter reported hail of 1 inch in diameter.
Mping report.
Reported from MPing.
Trained spotter reported.
Trained spotter reported.
Trained spotter reported.
Report from Mping.
Trained spotter reported.
Reported by a trained spotter.
Reported from broadcast media.
Report of quarter sized hail in Victor.
Trained spotter measured 1.6-inch hail with a severe thunderstorm that passed through the falcon are…
Picture comparing a hailstone to a quarter, which is slightly larger.
Report from mping.
Trained spotter reported large hail, 1 inch.
Reported at 10th and Colorado Ave., Colorado Springs, CO.
One inch hail.
Reported at Fort Carson.
Four miles north of Black Forest.
Trained spotter report of 1.5 inch hail.
Quarter size hail reported.
Quarter size hail reported.
Trained spotter reported quarter size hail.
Trained spotter reported quarter size hail.
Quarter size hail near Black Forest.
CoCoRaHS observer relayed nickel size hail just west of Black Forest.
Hail covers the ground.
Trained spotter reported large hail fell across the northern part of Colorado Springs.
Large hail reported by trained SKYWARN spotter in northern Colorado Springs.
Large hail reported at the intersection of Circle Drive and Fountain Blvd in SW Colorado Springs.
Eight persons were transported to the hospital from the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Time and hail estima…
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information Storm Events Database. Publication lag is approximately 75 days — current-year events may be incomplete.
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